Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for the next installment in their popular ghost horror franchise,The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The upcoming release is the latest in the main continuity ofConjuringfilms, whereas recent spinoffs such asThe Nunand theAnnabellemovies have tracked the backstories of some of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s (Patrick WilsonandVera Farmiga) most horrifying cases.
Directed byMichael Chavesand produced byPeter SafranandJames Wan, the newConjuringsequel is written byDavid Leslie Johnson-McGoldrickwith story by Johnson-McGoldrick and Wan. Wilson and Farmiga return to star, alongsideJohn Noble(who makes his first appearance in this trailer!),Ruairi O’Connor,Sarah Catherine Hook,Julian Hilliard,Charlene AmoiaandPaul Wilson. The movie takes a page from the real-life murder case involvingArne Johnson, the first person in legal history to claim demonic possession as a motive for manslaughter.
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We’ll have our full thoughts on the new trailer up shortly, but for now we wanted to get you the footage as quickly as possible. In the meantime,check out these new imagesfrom the movie, which are definitely giving us some strongExorcistvibes.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itis currently slated for a June 4 release in theaters, and will also earn a simultaneous month-long availability on HBO Max starting on that same date. Check out the new trailer and poster below:
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It:
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
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